FRIENDS OF BRIGHTON AND HOVE HOSPITALS

Registered charity 209414 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LEAGUE OF HOSPITAL AND COMMUNITY FRIENDS, THE LEAGUE OF HOSPITAL AND COMMUNITY FRIENDS (BRIGHTON, HOVE AND NEWHAVEN), THE LEAGUE OF HOSPITAL FRIENDS (BRIGHTON, HOVE AND NEWHAVEN)

Friends of Brighton & Hove Hospitals work to provide innovative new equipment as well as patient comforts in hospitals and community healthcare facilities across the City.

Objects

TO ENCOURAGE, FOSTER AND MAINTAIN THE INTEREST OF THE PUBLIC IN THE PATIENTS AND STAFF AND TO SUPPORT THE WORK OF THE BRIGHTON HOVE AND NEWHAVEN GROUP BY MEANS OF VOLUNTARY SERVICE. (FOR OTHER OBJECTS PLEASE SEE CLAUSE 3 OF THE CONSTITUTION)

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£79k

Latest spending

£242k

Registered

1962

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a deficit of £162,616 during the year, resulting in total reserves of £916,281. Unrestricted reserves stood at £695,075, which the trustees' policy indicates should be sufficient to cover future unrestricted expenditure. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters were identified that would cast doubt on the financial statements.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: sufficient to cover future unrestricted expenditure (held: £695k)

“It is the policy of the Charity to maintain unrestricted and unallocated funds, which are the free reserves of the Charity, at a level sufficient to cover future unrestricted expenditure.” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Friends Of Brighton & Hove Hospitals (matched by registered charity number).

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Total income

£623k

Total spending

£176k

Cost of raising funds

£30k

Reserves (reported)

£858k

Employees

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 4.8% of total income.

Trustees · trustee networks

Christopher Rendelchair
Dr Katharine Lucy Hurt
Dr Muna al-Jawad
Dr Uzma Pattoo
EMMA JANE CHURCH
HOWARD KIDD · trustee of 1 other charity
Lee-ann Pert
Nadia Cowdrey
Rebecca Findlay
Robert Edward Griffiths
Susan Joan Harrison

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Brighton And Hove · East Sussex

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£79k	£242k
31/12/2024	£623k	£176k
31/12/2023	£291k	£60k
31/12/2022	£69k	£160k
31/12/2021	£61k	£136k

Common questions

Is FRIENDS OF BRIGHTON AND HOVE HOSPITALS financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity incurred a deficit of £162,616 during the year, resulting in total reserves of £916,281. Unrestricted reserves stood at £695,075, which the trustees' policy indicates should be sufficient to cover future unrestricted expenditure. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters were identified that would cast doubt on the financial statements. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
PETER STORMONTH DARLING CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£30k
THE ADRIAN SWIRE CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£11k
E F AND M G HALL CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£4k
The Patricia Routledge Foundation	1	£3k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with FRIENDS OF SUSSEX HOSPICES.

FRIENDS OF SUSSEX HOSPICES income £212k
The Friends of Whitstable Healthcare income £128k
FRIENDS OF CHICHESTER HOSPITALS income £351k
Friends of Eastbourne Hospital income £1.3m
THE LEAGUE OF FRIENDS OF THE BEXHILL HOSPITAL CIO income £305k
FRIENDS OF EAST SURREY HOSPITAL income £327k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
FRIENDS OF BRIGHTON AND HOVE HOSPITALS	£79k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
FRIENDS OF SUSSEX HOSPICES FY2025	£212k	—	above	—	no doubt
The Friends of Whitstable Healthcare FY2025	£128k	—	above	—	no doubt
FRIENDS OF CHICHESTER HOSPITALS FY2025	£351k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
Friends of Eastbourne Hospital FY2025	£1.3m	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE LEAGUE OF FRIENDS OF THE BEXHILL HOSPITAL CIO FY2025	£305k	—	above	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.